Once upon a Wednesday: top Civ V mods
I published a list of my favourite mods for Civilization V in September 2015. Looking over it, the list has held up remarkably well. If I were starting a game … Continue reading
Thrones of Decay: turning it around?
The release of Warhammer: Total War 3 should have been a slam dunk. After almost a decade of releasing and supporting two Warhammer: Total War games, this would be the … Continue reading
Once upon a Wednesday: Mangar’s Tower
Of my walkthrough for the remastered Bard’s Tale game, this article is the most popular. I had expected the most popular one to be the first episode, with other trailing … Continue reading
The story of Elite
2024 will be the 40th anniversary of Elite’s original release. A new video on YouTube traces the game’s origins and popularity in the UK. There’s plenty of info here that … Continue reading
1998 in videogames
It’s been 25 years since 1998. While this isn’t something I think about often the recent 25-year retrospective on Half-Life reminded me. The retrospective also reminded me that 1998 was … Continue reading
Half-Life retrospective
It’s been 25 years since Half-Life was released and changed people’s perceptions of what a first-person shooter game could be. To mark the occasion Valve have released a documentary of … Continue reading
Marvel Snap Year One
Marvel Snap recently marked one year since its release. I started playing the game in November of last year, so I’m almost at one year in the game myself. I … Continue reading
Chaos Dwarfs come to Warhammer: Total War
The announcement video is up and you can pre-order the DLC – Chaos Dwarfs are finally coming to Warhammer: Total War. The Chaos Dwarfs utilise orcs, goblins, and hobgoblins in … Continue reading
Immortal Empires evolved
With the release of Total War: Warhammer III the promise of the original game was realised. A campaign map representing the entire Old World became playable… but only for those … Continue reading
Your portrait in Baldur’s Gate
It’s 25 years since the release of the incredible Baldur’s Gate game on PC and I feel old and it’s time for bed. I mean, to celebrate this Beamdog, current … Continue reading
My top Commodore 64 games, 1-10
Now we get to the top 10. If you missed the previous articles in this series you can view them here: 11-20 21-30 31-40 For this last list I will … Continue reading
A reward 20 years in the making
The recent release of Dwarf Fortress after a 20-year development cycle has had a transformative effect on the two brothers behind the game. Now that people have had the chance … Continue reading
My top Commodore 64 games, 11-20
Welcome back to my look at my top 40 Commodore 64 games, to celebrate 40+ years of this system, the one that cemented my lifelong love of videogames. 11 Parallax … Continue reading
My top Commodore 64 games, 21-30
This continues the journey through some of my favourites games for the Commodore 64, chosen from among those games I played on the platform. 21 Elite A version of this … Continue reading
My top Commodore 64 games, 31-40
The Commodore 64 turned 40 years old in 2022, and to celebrate that achievement I am going to list my favourite 40 games on the platform. This was my first … Continue reading
Dwarf Fortress release date and play video
Dwarf Fortress has a release date – and that date is 7 December this year. It’s a complex game, that tells a grant saga from the world generated around you, … Continue reading
Dwarf Fortress tutorial available
It has only taken 20 years since the game’s inception, but Dwarf Fortress now has a tutorial. The famously difficult game of building and maintaining your fortress of dwarfs has … Continue reading
Immortal Empires: a promise kept
When the first Warhammer: Total War game was release, back in… 2016… wait! Eight years ago?? I’m not getting any younger. Back on topic. When the first game was released … Continue reading
Glory Hunter
It must have been yesterday’s Panini announcement, but suddenly I have started thinking more about football – or games based around football anyway. If you don’t like football, or aren’t … Continue reading
Ultima on the Commodore 64
The Ultima series of CRPGs is remembered these days by gamers of a certain age. The first three games were good but not atypical role-playing games – swing some swords, … Continue reading
Scent of a Gamer 
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